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UNITED STATES PATENT @nmcn.

CHRISTIAN H. G. LOSERE, OF NE'W YORK, N. Y. I

TELESCOPlC-BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. {126,829, dated April 29, 1890. I

Application filed February 2'7, 1890. Serial No. 341,910. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN H. G. Lo- SERE, of the city, county, and State of New York,a citizen of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Telescopic Bags, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved telescopic bag which can be readily filled by opening the top in the same manner as a satchel, so as to facilitate thereby the packing and storing of articles in the bag and. the removing of the same from the bag, which has the double advantage of being extensible and of being accessible from the top without detaching the parts of the same.

The invention consists of a telescopic bag which is composed of an upper and a lower section, the upper section being provided with hinged lids having downwardly-bent flanges at the ends that lap over the end walls of the upper section, the overlapping lid being provided with a re-enforcing bar and with a handle-strap and with means for locking the overlapping lid to the end walls of the upper section, as will be fully described here inafter, and finally pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of myii n proved telescopic bag, showing the same in closed and extended position. Fig. 2 is a top view of the bag, drawn on a large scale; Fig. 3, an end View; andFig. 4 is a vertical transverse section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the lower and B the upper section of my improved The lower section is open at the top and guided in the upper section, so as to telescope in the same when the bag is empty and be extended when the bag is packed. The upper section B is open at the top and bottom and provided at opposite edges with hinged lids O (3, having downwardly-bent flanges (Z d at the ends that lap over the end walls of the upper section B. The overlapping lid C is provided with a reenforcing bar 0 of suitable metal, which is bent at right angles at the ends, so as to lap over the end flanges d of the lid 0 for reenforcing the same.

with the end walls is obtained.

To the re-entorcing bar 0 of the overlapping lid O is provided a handle-strap D, which is guided in loops 6 e, the handle-strap D being extended over the end flanges d d and provided with slits in the extension D, said slitted extension being applied to fixed studs F on the end walls of the upper section 13, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. In this manner the extensions of the handle-strap D serve for preventing the bulging up of the lid in carrying the bag, which would take place when no direct connection of the same The handlestrap D is provided with slots Z), which are guided on the fastening-pins Z) of the loops 6 e, as shown in Fig. 2, whereby the detaching of the handle-strap D from the lid C is. prevented, and also a certain play given to the extensions D when they are applied to the studs f. \Vhen the telescopic bag is to be packed,the lower section is guided in the upper section until the required dept-h of the bag for the storage of the articles is obtained. The lids O C are then closed and the sections of the bag united by means of straps g, which are extended around thesame, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The extensions of the handle-strap D are then applied to the studs (1, and thereby the lids firmly connected to the end walls of the upper section. The upper section B is re-enforced at its upper part by an interior metal frame f, which also serves as a shoulder, against which the lower sectionA abuts when the same is entirely moved into the outer section B.

In place of connecting the extensions of the handle-strap with the studs on the end walls of the upper section any other device for connecting the overlapping lid 0 with the end walls of the section B may be used, as I do not desire to confine myself to the connection of the handle-strap with the studs, as shown in the drawings. I

My telescopic bag has the advantage that it can be opened like a so-called cabin-bag by disconnecting the fastening -straps and locking devices of the lids, so that the latter can be opened, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4, for conveniently packing or removing the articles. It can be extended so as to permit a larger number of articles to be packed in the same. At the same time it can be supplied at nearly the same price at which telescopic bags of this class are generally sold.

Having thus described my invent-ion, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination of a lower telescoping bag-section, an upper bag-section extending around the same, hinged lids applied to the upper section, the overlapping lid having a re-enforeing bar, a handle-strap attached to said bar, fastening-straps extending around both sections, and means for attaching the overlapping lid to the end walls of the upper section, as set forth.

2. The combination of a lower telescoping bag-section, an upper bag-section surroundin g the same, hinged lids applied to the upper section, said lids having dmvnwardly-bent flanges at the ends, a re-enforeing bar attached to the overlapping lid, said bar being bent at the ends for re-eniorein g the bent ends, a handle-strap attached to the re-enforcing bar, and fastening-straps extending around both sections, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of a lower telescoping bag-section, an upper bag-section extending around the same and being provided with an interior re-enforeing frame at its upper edge, hinged lids applied to the upper bag-section, the overlapping lid being provided with a re enforcing bar, and fastening-straps extending around both sections, substantially as set forth.

l. The combination of a lower telescoping bag-section, an upper telescoping bag-section extending around the same, hinged lids applied to the upper bag-section, the overlapping lid having a re-enforcing bar, a handle strap attached to the said bar and provided with slitted extensions, studs on the end walls of the upper section for attaching the slitted extensions, and fastening-straps extending around both sections, substantially as set 

